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Last Wednesday in the White House residence, George Bush was trying to rally the troops. ?I'm a pretty driven guy,? he told a group of 15 GOP lawmakers about his determination to reform Social Security. ?When I get my mind focused I mean it.? It was a timely pep talk, coming after hollow-eyed Republicans had returned from town halls and covered dish dinners where angry constituents were opposed to Bush's initiative. The man in charge of shepherding the President's plan through the Senate, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, hinted last week it might make sense...
...PATH TO REFORM...
...turn of events Summers could not have foreseen at his installation in 2001. Indeed, he thought he was coming to Harvard freshly reformed. His five years at the Treasury were like a term at reform school for Summers, where Robert E. Rubin ’60, his predecessor at the helm of the department, trained him in the art of diplomacy. Rubin, known among reporters as an impeccably polished leader, taught Summers how to watch his mouth, treat people with sensitivity, and approach potential controversy with caution. Never again would Summers allow himself to be caught with his name next...
...months later, while in the Ukraine to consult with government leaders about the country’s economy, the same paper reported that Summers had “found fault with almost every aspect of the government’s reform plan,” telling officials there that what was “going on in Ukraine… can not be called reform...
Kolbe, who is currently serving as the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, will sit on a panel on immigration reform on March...